Junior Sister is skilled in subduing demons.

Chapter 42 Is this fate?
Hengfeng Porcelain Shop

Night fell over the courtyard, and all was quiet.

The moonlight poured down like water, bathing the entire courtyard in a silvery glow.

The trees in the courtyard stood quietly, their shadows stretched long on the ground, like ink paintings.

inside the house,

The dim candlelight flickered in the study, illuminating the ancient books and paintings on the walls.

The desk was set with writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, exuding a faint fragrance of ink.

The carved windows were tightly closed, with only a slight breeze occasionally slipping in through the cracks in the window frame, causing the candlelight to flicker slightly.

Liu Yulin paced back and forth by the window, anxiously waiting for her husband, Ding Tianfeng, to return.

Half an hour.

Ding Tianfeng stormed in, holding a wooden stick. Seeing his wife, Liu Yulin, who was already asleep at the desk, Ding Tianfeng slowed down. His face, which had been angry just moments before, was now filled with melancholy.

Liu Yulin heard a sound and opened his eyes: "Tianfeng!"

The two embraced again, and Liu Yulin couldn't hold back his tears.

"Yulin, don't be afraid, I'll take care of them tonight." Ding Tianfeng held a wooden stick, ready to deal with the two demon hunters tonight.

Liu Yulin was touched, but shook his head: "Tianfeng, forget it."

"No, that doesn't count. I've already caught one, and they were just about to infiltrate the porcelain shop again. That guy, Kui something-ran." Ding Tianfeng gritted his teeth as he spoke of this. Everything changed after those two arrived.

Liu Yulin was shocked: "No, no, Tianfeng."

"Why not? Huh? They're hurting you, hurting you!" Ding Tianfeng paced back and forth excitedly.

Fearing that Ding Tianfeng would make a grave mistake, Liu Yulin immediately shook his head and advised, "Tianfeng, let him go."

After saying this, Liu Yulin, with tears streaming down his face, picked up his book "On Porcelain" from the side and handed it to Ding Tianfeng: "Tianfeng, all of this is fate. Thank you for your companionship over the past fifteen years. 'On Porcelain' is not yet finished. The remaining parts..."

"No!" Ding Tianfeng understood; this was a regretful farewell.

Ignoring Ding Tianfeng's emotions, Liu Yulin continued, "If I'm gone, you must lead the new generation of Jingdezhen to carry forward the Jingdezhen porcelain and make it shine brightly."

"Yulin!" Ding Tianfeng was helpless. He hugged Liu Yulin tightly like a child, as if he could sense that his wife was about to leave: "Waaah, how could things have turned out like this? Those damned demon hunters!"

Liu Yulin wiped away Ding Tianfeng's tears and said, "Tianfeng, don't be sad. This is our fate. Perhaps, perhaps in the future, you will dig me out of the soil again somewhere."

The fifteen years of marriage between Liu Yulin and Ding Tianfeng came to mind.

For fifteen years, they have been inseparable, their faces beaming with happiness. Ding Tianfeng's eyes are full of doting affection for his wife, while Liu Yulin's gaze towards her husband is filled with dependence and love.

Every morning, they greet the first rays of sunlight together, and then spend the whole day busy in the porcelain workshop, sharing their dreams and aspirations for porcelain. Ding Tianfeng would carefully wipe the clay off Liu Yulin's face, while Liu Yulin would gently straighten her husband's collar. For fifteen years, they have always supported each other and faced challenges together.

"Tianfeng, release Kuiran. Don't make things difficult for them." After saying this, Liu Yulin slowly released his grip, his entire body becoming ethereal, as if he were about to disappear: "Thank you!"

As the word "thank you" landed, Liu Yulin transformed into a purple cloud and flew out the window. "Yulin, Yulin!" Ding Tianfeng quickly opened the door and chased after him, but alas, there was nothing there…

The courtyard was quiet in the dead of night. The moonlight, like a silver veil, gently fell, casting a hazy glow over the entire courtyard. Ding Tianfeng's sorrowful sobs echoed in the courtyard.

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Strange Stone Forest.

Kang Qing, along with her four sisters Qing, Bai, Lv, and Huang, were already waiting here. They had hidden the porcelain palace they had painstakingly built over decades, waiting for Liu Yulin's arrival before heading to the Vajra Cave together.

As the purple clouds descended upon the stone forest, Liu Yulin appeared, looking exhausted.

Seeing that her sisters were all ready, Liu Yulin said with satisfaction, "Kang Qing, you take the sisters and go first."

"Sister, what about you?" Kang Qing asked in surprise. "Didn't we agree to go back together?"

Liu Yulin shook his head, forcing back his grief: "I... I still have things to do."

"No, sister, let's go together." The third sister, Xiao Huang, said excitedly, "We'll go together if we have to, and we'll die together if we have to. If you don't go, I won't go either. I'll just take those two demon hunters down with me."

Liu Yulin was in a dilemma...

"Sister, what happened? Let's go back to the Vajra Cave to take shelter for a while, we'll come back sooner or later." Kang Qing didn't know what had happened to Liu Yulin, but she could see fear in Liu Yulin's eyes.

Liu Yulin waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go quickly, we have to be fast."

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Kang Qing was at a loss, but she was certain that Liu Yulin was in serious trouble: "Sisters, let's go, let's go..."

The other women started to leave, and Liu Yulin stood there dumbfounded, lost in thought...

Meanwhile, Shen Anzhi, in the dilapidated temple, had just experienced a thrilling ordeal.

An hour ago, Shen Anzhi and Kui Ran, who had just found the spirit snake, sneaked into Hengfeng Porcelain Shop again. As a result, they were caught by Ding Tianfeng and his men using a fishing net. Because Kui Ran was a man, the group beat him up and made him scream in pain.

Shen Anzhi fought bravely with the Jade Flower Sword and eventually escaped, but he also took many blows all over his body.

"Ouch, Snake Baby, that hurts!" Shen Anzhi looked at his swollen arm with lingering fear, but thankfully, the unlucky Kui Ran was caught by Ding Tianfeng and given a good beating on the spot.

The serpent seemed not to hear Anzhi's words and said, "Master, don't worry about the pain. We must kill the porcelain demon tonight, or it will escape."

"How did you know they ran away?" Anzhi asked while applying medicine to himself.

The spirit snake seemed very concerned about this matter, jumping to Shen Anzhi's side and saying, "Master, we've been down the mountain for almost half a month, and we don't have a single seal. How are we going to advance to the Demon Slayer level? How are we going to explain this when we go back? We'll be looked down upon."

These words immediately relieved Anzhi's pain. She looked at the spirit snake seriously and asked, "Then what should we do?"

“Hasn’t Ran Kui been captured? If the Porcelain Demon reappears, we must take our first drop of blood.” The spirit snake became more and more excited as it spoke: “We must accomplish something in such a short time after descending the mountain.”

"But, but will they show up now? They're probably too scared to show themselves after all the previous battles." Anzhi worried that after the previous encounters, the porcelain demons were probably too scared to show themselves.

The Serpent: "Don't worry, Master, they will come looking for you."

Anzhi: "Oh?"

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